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- Medical Video: Students Stay Away From These 7 Things Or Be Ready for Failure | Chanakya Neeti
- Various ways to prevent the desire to hurt yourself
- 1. Clean your environment from objects that can hurt
- 2. Chat with friends
- 3. Prepare an "emergency box"
- 4. Write down your complaints
- 5. Sports
- 6. Crying
- 7. Various other things
Medical Video: Students Stay Away From These 7 Things Or Be Ready for Failure | Chanakya Neeti
For some people, intentionally injuring themselves - by slashing razor arms or other sharp objects, deliberately not eating, scratching to scratch the skin, or even banging the head - is their way to distract from things that make them stressed or traumatized . For others, hurting yourself is their way of punishing themselves for mistakes they feel they have done.
Although some people are aware that this action is dangerous and wrong, there are still many who do not realize that self-harm is not the best way to manage emotions and trauma they have. They actually think that self-harm is the only way that can be taken.
However, the urge to hurt yourself can be prevented.The next time you feel the desire to achieve a razor blade, immediately do one of the things below to distract yourself.
Various ways to prevent the desire to hurt yourself
Actually there is no sure way to prevent self-harm behavior. However, here are some things you can do to divert these harmful desires, before actually trapping you.
1. Clean your environment from objects that can hurt
Get rid of things that can cause you injury, and avoid places where you tend to hurt yourself if you feel that urge. For example, you usually cut in the bathroom. Immediately avoid getting close to the bathroom when the desire to hurt yourself begins to appear to the surface.
Instead, you can replace focusing on only one thing - for example looking at a painting or looking at a rock, counting down 100 to 1, tearing paper into small pieces, squeezing bubble wrap, practice breathing techniques, meditation, or rearrange your collection of books or music CDs according to the alphabet.
2. Chat with friends
As much as possible, don't let yourself be alone. Stay with other people, whether it's parents, siblings or close friends. Divert your mind by chatting (it doesn't have to be straightforward about your self-desire desires; talk about whatever you want).
If you can't talk to someone, try waiting 15 minutes. If you make it through 15 minutes without hurting yourself, give yourself praise for being successful. Then try to wait 15 more minutes, and continue so. Maybe it doesn't feel easy at first, but the urge will pass gradually.
3. Prepare an "emergency box"
Prepare a box or bag and fill with items that you can use to distract when you have the urge to hurt yourself. The box must include things that require concentration, which you can enjoy and which are safe (cannot be used to hurt.
Its contents can include coloring books, knitting, equipment for making bracelets, puzzles, Lego or rubiks blocks, TTS books, favorite story books, paper and crayons, stress ball, video games, colorful nail polish, rubber balloons to blow, to favorite toys - anything that can make you comfortable.
4. Write down your complaints
Writing a journal can be a very helpful way to fix your feelings and what makes you feel that way. Write also the various reasons "Why I love myself" or happiness / luck that you have experienced so far to be saved and reread when you feel you're down.
If you are embarrassed to start spilling your heart, you can start by scribbling random pictures on a piece of paper. If you are more able to pour out your heart by writing song lyrics or poetry verses, it doesn't matter either. The important thing is that you can become more aware of your emotions, to be able to help you be more aware of what causes you to hurt yourself.
5. Sports
Exercise helps release physical tension and can be a great way to deal with stress. Go running or walking in the park, jumping in place, punchbag or pillow, or ask a friend to do something active with you.
6. Crying
Yes, it's okay to cry when you feel very overwhelmed with everything that happens in life.
Crying when you are stressed is one of the best ways to channel your stress and give you a sense of relief. When you cry because of stress, the body is actually releasing stress hormones or poisons from the body through dripping tears. That's why crying can improve your mood.
Research from the University of South Florida in 2008 proved that crying works better to calm down and improve your mood than any antidepressant drug.
7. Various other things
Self-harm is how you deal with emotions and difficult situations. So if you are going to stop, you have to have an alternative way of dealing with the problem so that you can act in another way when you start feeling like you want to cut or hurt yourself.
You can massage your neck, hands and feet; listening to soothing music, ice packs in elbow folds; bathe in warm water or splash yourself in cold water; chew something that has a very strong taste, such as cayenne pepper, peppermint, or orange peel; screaming as tight and as much as possible into the pillow; go karaoke; stroking a cat or dog; to scribbling the body with colorful markers (which can be erased, yes!) as a safer alternative to self-defense.
If you, a relative, or family member shows signs of depression or other symptoms of mental illness, or shows desire or behavior or wants to try to commit suicide, immediately call the police emergency hotline110 or the Suicide Prevention hotline(021)7256526/(021) 7257826/(021) 7221810.
